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        <title><![CDATA[lesley ferguson : Weblog items tagged with dystopia]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[The weblog for lesley ferguson, hosted on Holyrood Park.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A real stream of thought...behind the scenes]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:04:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[<p>contemplating cyberculture, dystopia vs utopia and some of the arguments presented in the rading I can;t help but feel the need to ask&nbsp; myself the question is it really possible to have evolve a cyberculture. I can't help but thin that whilst I sit at my computer posting inofrmation and files and blogs and working with a variety of programmes what am I really concerned about from a cultural persepcetive that is.&nbsp; I can only think that what seems to be important is that I follow certain protocols and rules that would enable my informatio to reach its destination. </p><p>initially, I could not get into the filem festival videos , I didn't know what I was supposed to be looking for, and was not feeling anything, had no intuitin about what was actually going on. however it was not until the final two videos that it really struck me -even the blue fairy cannot work miracles. what are the miracles? making the boy feel and be human.</p><p>this seems to be the themes running through the videos. human senses , sadness, joy, shame..... etc cannot be felt by digital creations no matter how much music we attach to the videos</p><p>&nbsp;music evokes feelings in us that can make us think these digital creatures are experiencing human emotions but surely we must fully appreciate that the creations cannot actually feel .</p><p>would we feel the same way viewing the videos wothout music....it is likely you might watch faces more closely looking for an expression which indicates an emotion. or you might look at the eyes - as with the cyberpunk. searching for a clue as to whats going on emotionally and make a judgement.as to what is going on. </p><p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description>
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